Martin Chmelar, Tieto

Lean at support functions: from steering to supporting

Company : Tieto
Role : Lean & Agile coach

For the last six years, Martin has been working as a Lean and Agile coach, mentor and consultant in Tieto, which is an IT company with 18 000 employees distributed over the world. He lives with Tieto teams and helps them and their customers achieve their goals, deliver more value, solve problems and improve efficiency, productivity and quality via adoption of Lean & Agile principles, practices and tools. Typical activities are coaching, facilitating Kaizen workshops and root cause analysis, training, problem solving and practice adoption. And, of course, encouraging people to leave their comfort zones, creating a safe environment for their experiments and having fun. Martin also actively participates in the corporate Lean transformation endeavor and is a member of a corporate network of Lean coaches and mentors. In his previous positions, Martin worked as a software developer and project manager.